# NTSB CEN15CA067: Cessna 210, N9452T, Edinburg, TX, December 2, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: December 1, 2014, 20:00 local (Dec 2, 2014, 02:00 UTC)
- Place: Edinburg, TX
- Coordinates: 26.303888, -98.150833 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3039&lon=-98.1508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 2015
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90462
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN15CA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90462/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90462
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA067

## Probable cause

The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the non-certificated pilot's inadequate preflight planning and inflight decision making.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Planning/preparation: fuel planning](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 210, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030/cases.md?model=2073402), [All aircraft, 719 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02061030/cases.md)
- [Experience/qualifications: qualification/certification](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031010): Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge · Pilot; cases with it: [Cessna 210, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031010/cases.md?model=2073402), [All aircraft, 280 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031010/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Fuel exhaustion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192); cases with it: [Cessna 210, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md?model=2073402), [All aircraft, 804 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/192/sequence.md)
- [Enroute: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 210, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=2073402), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Emergency descent: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Cessna 210, 9 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=2073402), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The non-certificated pilot and passengers were on a local flight when the engine lost power. The pilot conducted a forced landing, about 10 miles from the airport. Examination of the airplane revealed damage to the landing gear and substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. Further examination of the airplane revealed that wing fuel tanks were empty, and not breached in the accident.

## Factual narrative

The non-certificated pilot and passengers were on a local flight when the engine lost power. The pilot conducted a forced landing, about 10 miles from the airport. Examination of the airplane revealed damage to the landing gear and substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. Further examination of the airplane revealed that wing fuel tanks were empty, and not breached in the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9452T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9452T-2018-04-04), registration cancelled 2018-04-04, S/N 57252, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210
- Registry model: [Cessna 210](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210) (registry code 2073402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 57252
- Year built: 1960
- Engines: Continental IO-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.22 inHg
- Observed at: KEBG

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20141201023989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141201023989A), Dec 1, 2014: Cessna 210, Edinburg, TX, Substantial damage. Aircraft lost power due to fuel depletion causing aircraft to crash land into heavily wooded area.

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 9, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=90462. 25 KB in all.

- Memorandum for Record (item 1, .PDF, 25 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40423244&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record-Redacted.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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